Metallic shingle.



C. M. WALES.

METALLIC SHINGLE.

APPLICATION man NOV. 5, 1915.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

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METALLIC SHINGLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.5.1915.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

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CHARLES M. WALES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y ASSIGNOR TO THE METALCO COMPANY, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

METALLIC SHINGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

Application fi1ed November 5, 1915. Serial No. 59,851.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. VVALEs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan of the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and usetang, which is on the lower end of the shingle, for the purpose of securing the shingle in place. I

As showing a speclfic embodiment of the 1 invention, reference is made to the drawings forming a part of this specification, in which drawings,

Figure 1 shows, in perspective, a roof construction that is partially covered by shingles which realize the invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken as on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged cross sectlonal view taken as on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. t is a cross sectional view taken as on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow A.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the 1mproved shinglepartially broken away.

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional v1ew taken as on the line 66 of Fig. 5, looking 1n the direction of the arrow B; and p Fig. 7 shows in plan blank from whlch the shingle shown in Fig. 5 can be made. The blank is shown in Fig. 7 at a smaller scale than the shingle shown in Fig. 5.

The shingle consists of a metal plate T, which shingle may have at either one P "h edges ribs such as C and D. The construction of these ribs is shown more in detail in Fig. 3. The rib C is formed by bending the left end edge of the plate T upwardly from along the dotted line 0, thence inwardly forming the inwardly extending curved edge portion or rib clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

The right end edge of the plate T is first bent upwardly from along the line E, thence outwardly, thence downwardly, thence inwardly, and finally upwardly, forming the outwardly extending curved edge portion or rib D.

The curved portion C and the curved por tion D are proportioned so that the curved portion G can enter and fit into the space made by the bending of the portion D in the manner described. Both of these curved portions or ribs, C and D, extend above the upper surface of the plate T, and they are preferably constructed so that they do not extend below the lower surface of the plate T.

It is always customary and advisable in applying a shingle to a structure to break the joints between the shingles, and this is accomplished by providing the raised central ribs E at the lower end of the plate.

As previously indicated, one of the essential features of this invention resides in constructing a metal shingle so that it can be directly secured in place, as by nails passing through a depending portion on the body of the shingle, and such a construction may be realized by the employment of a tab or tang F, clearly shown in Fig. 5.

A shingle having this tab F may be made from a T-shaped blank similar to that shown in Fig. 7. The blank shown in Fig. 7 has a large rectangular portionthe head of the Tfrom the lower portion or end of which there projects a smaller portion or tang-the stem of the Twhich is preferably rectangular. The large rectangular portion is designated by the reference characters G, H, J, K and G, and the small rectangular portion by the reference characters L, M, N, O and L.

The blank is also cut or slotted at P, and

this cut or slot is arranged so that it is nearer to the line L M than it is to the line N O; in other words, the cut is nearer to the head of the T or the body of the shingle than it is to the lower free end of the tang.

This small rectangular part or tang is also provided with suitable nail receiving holes, such as the holes Q, R and S, and these holes are located a slightly greater distance from the slot P than the slot P is located from the line L M or body of the shingle, so that when the small rectangular portion or tang is bent in the manner hereinafter described, the nail holes in it will be outside of the large rectangular portion or body portion of the shingle.

The small rectangular portion or tang is first bent downwardly and rearwardly, along the line M L, so that the portion defined between the lines L, M, U, V and L will in effect be folded back upon the under side of the body of the shingle T and in engagement with the latter. The rest of the small rectangular portion or tang, to wit, the portion U, V, O, N and U, is also bent so that it extends down wardly, from the line U V, substantially parallel with the portion L, M, U, V and L. The slot or cut at P is provided so that the rib E can be formed along the broken dotted line indicated in the blank by 1, 2, 3, 4c, 5,, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1. This raised rib, however, is not formed until after the part L, M, U, V of the small rectangular portion is bent back upon the body of the shingle;

It is manifest that this rib can be formed in any suitable manner, as for instance by means of a pair of stamping dies.

It will, therefore, be observed that the shingle comprises a body T having suitable interlocking members or ribs along the edges thereof, and a tang which is first formed by bending a part,to wit, a tang or projecting part that is preferably integral with the body,back upon the body, and by also bending a part of said tang or projecting part so that it will be located below and will extend parallel with that portion which is bent back against the body. As this tang is integral with the body the former may be considered to be connected to the latter because the tang is integrally connected to the body.

It will also be observed that the portion of the tang which is bent back upon the body, as well as the part of the body over the tang are pressed or otherwise suitably operated upon so as to provide a raised central rib E which is located at the lower end of the shingle.

As a modified form of the invention a de pending tang might be formed of a separate piece of metal which is secured or connected, as by soldering, to the back or underside of the shingle. If the shingle were made in the manner just indicated it will be manifest that the free portion of thetang would be spaced such a distance from the body as would allow for the reception of the upper end of another shingle.

The lower or free end of the tang in both forms of shingles above described extends below or beyond the edge of the shingle a sides thereof, and a tang having a portion which extends upwardly along the rear or under side of the body and a free end portion which is bent from the upper end of said upwardly extending portion so that the free end portion extends downwardly parallel to the body past the lower edge of the body a sufiicient distance to provide material through which nails can be passed, the tang being cut adjacent to the place where the bend is made between the upwardly extending portion and the depending free edge portion, and the shingle being provided with a central raised rib, which is formed in both the tangand a part of the body above the tang, that portion of the central rib which is in the tang extending from the lower endof the body to the cut in th tang and that portion of the central rib which is in the body extending from the lower edge of the body past the cut in the tang.

This specification signed and witnessed this 3rd day of November, A. D. 1915.

CHARLES M. WALES.

Signed in presence of- EDWIN A. PACKARD, Gr. MoGRANN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

